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US 8,395,968 B2Granted
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information
AssigneeHJ Laboratories, LLC
InventorsHarry Vartanian, Jaron Jurikson-Rhodes
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Abstract
Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using building information is disclosed. The mobile computer determines the dimensions of a room in a building using range determination or a range finder in the mobile computer. The determined dimensions of the room are compared to the building information to locate, position, or track the mobile computer in the building.
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A mobile computer comprising:
- circuitry configured to perform at least one range measurement of a room in a building where the mobile computer is present;
- circuitry configured to determine an orientation of the mobile computer in the room;
- circuitry configured to determine at least two dimensions of the room based on the at least one range measurement of the room and the orientation;
- and
- circuitry configured to determine a location of the room within the building where the mobile computer is currently located based on a comparison of the at least two dimensions of the room to room layout information of the building.
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A method performed by a mobile computer, the method comprising:
- performing, by the mobile computer, at least one range measurement of a room in a building where the mobile computer is present;
- determining, by the mobile computer, an orientation of the mobile computer in the room;
- determining, by the mobile computer, at least two dimensions of the room based on the at least one range measurement of the room and the orientation;
- and
- determining, partly by the mobile computer, a location of the room within the building where the mobile computer is currently located based on a comparison of the at least two dimensions of the room to room layout information of the building.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.